Winged projectile.



W. LOSIN.

WINGED PROJECTILE. APPucATlon HLED uc?. i2. ma.

Patented Feb. 1S, 1919.

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, WLADYSLAW LOSIN, F NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

WIN GED PROJECTILE.

Application filed October 12, 1918. f

To all w/om t may concern.'

e it known that d, WLADYsLAw LosIN, a citizen of Russia', residing at N iagara Falls, county of Niagara, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winged Projectiles, of, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in projectiles and carryan explosive charge.

he principal object of the invention is to provide a projectile which will travel an unusually great distance and to combine means therewith which materially augment its fiigh racy.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyin drawings, forming a material part of this isclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a projectile made in accordance with the invention, the wings being extended.

A 1g. 2 is a similar view of the same, parts being br'oken away in order to disclose the interior construction.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken online 3-3 of Fig. 2, and,

Fig. 4'is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken through the forward part of the projectile, the wings being shown in a folded position. l

Referring 'to the drawings, the projectile vill be seen to consist of a-cylindrical body l0, having a conical front end l1, terminatn'in a hard point 12.

ormed adjacent to the base of the cone 1, at opposite'points within the body are iternal projections 14, extending into the ollow body 15, which is adapted to contain high explosive, detonated either by a fuse r by percussion as the projectile strikes a gid object. Formed in the projections 14 ve open recesses 16, adapted to contain ing-like elements 18, the same being.,r closely rlded, as shown in Fig. 4. prior to the dislarge of the projectile. the inner edge of c wing 18 beingr secured within the recesses so as to prevent their complete separation om the body of the projectile, while the ter front edges are stiii'encd by extending and maintain its aim and accu- Specication of Letters Patent.

particularly those which Patented Feb. 18, 1919. Sera1No.257,847.

arms 19, which are normally projectedlaterally outward by 20 secured in the bottom of the recesses, and pressing against the arms 19 as shown best in Fig, 2, the arms normally folded along the lines 21 when in a closed position.

Also formed internally of the body 10, and extending inward from its rear end, is a oylindrical extension 22, having an open rectangular recess 28, at its center, provided upon two of its opposite sides with slots 24, which extend from the bottom 25, to a point 26 near the rear outer end of the body.

Slidably engaged in the slots are the ends of a bar 28, formed with a stem 29, the bar being substantially T shaped, and engaged with the outer end of the stems is a short transverse bar 30, having arms 31, pivoted at its extremities, the arms 31,v having extending between them a fan shaped tail or wing element 32, made of textile fabric like that of the Wings 18 and adapted to be folded and pressed within the recess 23, this element being expanded'when extended by the spring 33, exerting pressure between the arms 31 at their lower ends adjacent to the bar 30.

In operation, the fan tail 32, hazing been pressed within the recess 23, and the wings 18 folded within the recesses'l, the projectile is in condition to be discharged it being' presumed that it has already been loaded with a supply of high explosive; immediately upon leaving the muzzle of the gun the springs 20 operate and' force the wingslS dueto their relative inertia outwardly, the tail fan 32 being forced out, due to the movement of the projectile, these three elements tending materially to support the projectile upon its course, and also assist in maintaining it in moving` in a straight line.

Having thus described my invention what cla-im as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:`

In a winged projectile, the combination with aA cylindrical body havinga conical point and adapted to contain a charge of explosive. of open recesses formed upon opposite sides of said body, iiexible winged elements normallycontained in said recesses, means for stiii'ening the outer edge of said winged elements, means for projecting said coiled compression springsV arms, and means for spreading said arms thereby forming a third Wing at the rear of said body. I 10 n' testimony whereof 1 have aiiixed my signature. y f a WLADYSLAW L@ SIN, 

